Summary
Job Description:
Job Title: Operating Room - Orderly
First Shift - Full Time
Job Description:
The Orderly reports directly to the Director of Surgical Services and/or Clinical Manager. Responsible for maintaining the operating room environment and supplies; responsible for transporting surgical patients from their rooms to the operating room; and complies with the policies, principles and activities established by the Code of Conduct and the Corporate Compliance Program.
The following is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job by listing the major components for this position (i.e., key responsibilities and essential duties). The list is not intended to be an all-exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities required and are subject to change from time to time. Additionally, other duties may be assigned at the discretion of leadership to meet business, customer, and/or patient needs.
- Completes transfers in a timely manner: Notifies OR charge Nurse or designee if there is a delay
- Transports patients with side rails up
- Utilizes all procedures for transferring patients (i.e. Ticket to Ride)
- Anticipates the need for equipment and supplies
- Assists with ordering supplies by notifying responsible parties that place orders.
- Removes malfunctioning equipment from use and tags
- Assists with putting away supplies/stock and daily routine checks within the department
- Checks eye wash stations weekly
- Checks supplies and restocks:
- Stocks warmer with fluids and blankets: Knowledgeable regarding temperature ranges for warmers for both fluids and blankets and actions to take if it is out of range
- Assists OR personnel with moving equipment from room to room as needed
- Assist with room turnover.
- Records temperatures and humidity each day and reports any out of range readings
- Damp dusts rooms first thing every workday
- Cleans room, tables, beds between cases and at end of day or as needed
- Assists with room set-up as needed
Essential Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association
Work Experience
Education
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.Skills Required
- High School Diploma or GED
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through American Heart Association
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
